Netflix, Apple cross swords in Indian streaming market


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  • Thursday, 12 Sep 2019

A monitor displays a 'Little Things' page on the Netflix website in Mumbai, India. Netflix faces stiff competition in Asia's third-largest economy as Amazon's Prime Video, Disney's Hotstar, Alt Balaji and other local platforms jostle for digital subscriptions and eyeballs. — Bloomberg

MUMBAI: Competition in India's booming streaming market is heating up as Netflix joins forces with a director of Bollywood feel-good blockbusters and Apple launches its TV platform for 99 rupees (RM5.80) a month.

Netflix announced late Sept 11 a long-term partnership with Karan Johar's Dharmatic Entertainment to make a range of new fiction and non-fiction series and films for the platform.

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